Influence of Diet on Age-Related Disease: From Physiopathology to Pathogenesis
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Geriatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 February 2024) | Viewed by 2387
Special Issue Editor
2. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Interests: clinical nutrition; control and prevention; supplementation; chronic disease; dietary patterns; ultra-processed food consumption patterns; balanced diet; cardiometabolic risk; immune system; gut-associated microbiome
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Dear Colleagues,
The most accepted definition of sarcopenic obesity is a combination of obesity and sarcopenia, which is found mainly but not exclusively in older people (>60 years) and is associated with increased likelihood of adverse outcomes. Sarcopenic obesity is characterized by high fat mass, low muscle mass, and low muscle strength, as well as low physical functionality. Subjects with this pathology manifest comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), dyslipidaemia, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), and cardiovascular disease (CVD). These obesity-related comorbidities can be accompanied by symptoms related to sarcopenia such as weakness, fatigue, higher risk of fractures, frailty, higher risk of hospitalization, worse quality of life, and higher risk of early mortality.
Therefore, sarcopenic obesity causes an increase in healthcare costs and has a negative effect on quality of life, particularly in those in the older population with a more sedentary lifestyle, more limited exercise and unhealthy dietary patterns, and other harmful habits such as smoking and excessive alcohol intake.
This special issue will highlight emerging research on the pathogenesis of sarcopenic obesity and its management and prevention and focus on dietary intake, physical activity, and exercise. We are seeking different types of manuscripts related to sarcopenic obesity, epidemiological studies, long-term clinical trials, as well as narrative and systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Dr. Rosa Casas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- visceral fat
- body composition
- disability
- muscle strength
- obesity
- older people
- sarcopenia
- physical activity
- inflammation
- nutrition
